As part of the 2018 Middleham Celebrates Richard III weekend a service in honour of King Richard will now include a tribute to Dr John Ashdown-Hill who sadly passed away on Friday 18 May. John was a friend and supporter of the Middleham Festival and gave talks at both the 2016 and 2017 festivals. John, in fact, made his final public appearance at last year’s event, and so it is particularly appropriate that we remember him in a church known both to King Richard and to John himself.